Device for twisting wire



(No Model.)

R. CLARK.

DEVICE FOR TWISTING WIRE. No. 345,366. Patented July 13, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REZIN CLARK, OF BOLIVAR, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR TWISTING WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,366, dated July 13,1886.

Application filed May 8, 1886. Serial No. 201,578. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, REZIN CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bolivar, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Twisting Wiresbetween the Pickets ofa Fence, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in machines for making fences;and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devicesthat will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointedout in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention in theact of twisting the wires between the pickets ofa fence. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of my invention.

A, B, and 0 represent three leverarms, which are secured together byuniting the end of one to a'point near the end of another, so as to forma triangle, D, which forms the immovable jaw of the clamping device, andproject outward beyond the sides of this triangle to form arms by whichto operate the device. Pivoted to the lever A, near the inner end of thelever O, is a short arm, E. The lever A, at a suitable distance from thepivotal point of the arm B, is provided with a longitudinal slot, F.

G represents a brace-arm, one end of which is pivoted near the outer endof the arm E, and theother end of the said brace-arm G is secured to theslot F by means of a set-screw, H. By this construction it will bereadily understood that the inuerend of the brace-arm G may be moved inor out upon the lever A and secured thereto at any desired adj ustment,thereby causing the short arm E to be moved nearly to or outwardly asuitable dis tance from the lever-arm O. The said short arm E forms themovable jaw of the clamping device.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The wires a, between whichthe palings Z) are secured, are stretched in pairs which are arrangedhorizontally. My twisting device is The arm E is then adjusted toward orfrom the lever-arm, so as to leave a space just sufficient between theapproaching ends of the said arms to receive one thickness of the wire.The device is then turned like a wheel upon the wires by taking holdfirst of one lever-arm and then of the other, thus rotating the deviceand twisting the wires together between the palings, as shown in Fig. 1,thereby firmly securing the palings to the wires. When the wires becomesecured at the inner end of the opening between the lever O and theshort arm E, the twisting device becomes pivoted on the wires, and maybe readily twirled thereon, thereby causing the wires to be twistedtogether very rapidly.

A device thus constructed is extremely cheap and simple, is light andportable, may be operated very rapidly, and is adapted to be used inmaking fences 0n the river-bank,

through the woods, or upon steep hillsides with case, where the largerand heavier machines now in common use for making fences could not beused at all.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The device for twistingthe wires between the pickets of a fence, having the lever-armsconnected together at and near their inner ends and extending outward toform the operating-handles and the immovable jaw, and the movable jawpivoted thereto and adapted to clamp upon the wires, substantially asdescribed.

2 The combination, with the leverarms A, B, and O, secured together atand near their inner ends and extending outward to form the REZIN CLARK.

Witnesses:

WM. LENHART, A. B. SMITH.

